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Billy Joel is a popular singer, pianist, songwriter and musician with Long Island roots. His lengthy discography includes the hit records Piano Man, Glass Houses, An Innocent Man and Storm Front. (Photo AP)

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“Remember 1980?” Billy Joel asked Tuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl, and boy did we ever.
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The piano man. The entertainer. The stranger.
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